Leadville Couple, Parents Of ‘Jihad Jamie,’ Face Child Abuse Charges

LEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – A Leadville woman earned the nickname “Jihad Jamie” for her role in a terror plot, now her parents who have custody of her boy are facing child abuse allegations.

George and Christine Mott are expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon in Leadville. In addition to the child abuse charges they face assault and reckless endangerment charges.

The couple was given custody of the boy after his mother, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, was arrested in Ireland two years ago. She moved to Ireland from Leadville and was arrested on charges of terrorism in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist.

The Motts were arrested in April after court records claim George, Paulin-Ramirez’s stepfather, slammed a dog to the ground and then said “That’s how I get kids and dogs to listen, and how I discipline them.”

George Mott also allegedly used an electronic dog collar on the boy as well as wrapping a belt and his legs around the boy’s neck.

“There were marks left from that and there was a dog collar that apparently was powered — like you might use to shock a dog — that was also used on the child,” said Leadville police spokeswoman Betty Benson said.